What is your coloring routine?

WilliamsMama

What do you do to prepare to home color your hair, and how do you take care of it after?
I have 3b/c hair and use a mostly CG routine (I co-wash every day and shampoo once every 2 weeks or so).
I'm concerned that co-washing will a)make the color not stick (how do I prepare for coloring?) and b) wash out my haircolor (what do I do to keep the color?).
Advice? Words of wisdom?

crimsonshedemon

1-2 weeks before coloring- deep condition
1 - 2 days before- low poo
D-Day- dye day- hair
AD- After Dye- follow CG routine
1-2 weeks after coloring- deep condition (with protein)


I don't do anything to keep my color which is red. Red is supposed to be the most difficult to maintain but I have no problems. Since I"m not using detergent, my color lasts a long time.
Typically, I just need to dye my roots every 4 weeks or so. Every few months, I'll pull the color thru the rest of my hair for a few minutes.
I'm loving color by Robert Craig.

anniemae

crimsonshedemon,

Your hair is a beautiful color!! Are you a natural redhead? Also, what color do you use by Robert Craig - which number?

Thanks for your help?

SuSuSuzzzie

I’m coloring my hair next weekend for the second time since going CG. During my first color process, I used the after-color treatment provided in the box even though I knew it was full of cones because I wasn’t sure what else to use in the heat of the moment.

Since then, I’ve been following CG routine, though I clarified last week to remove any cones. (My hair has had good curl/wave for me since then)

I bought Nexxus Emergencee, Sally’s GVP K-Pack and GVP CB yesterday to prepare and here’s what tentatively have planned but after scouring this site, I’d love some advice on my plan:

1 week before color Nexxus Emergencee (do I follow the Protein with the GVP CB? :-?)
Co-wash until day of coloring
Color
Sally's GVP CB after color rince out
Couple days after color - Co-wash routine
1 week after color - GVP K-Pack (again, do I follow with GVP CB?)


I hate to color my hair because it seems to shock it and it takes a while to return to a good curl pattern, but I’m not ready to go gray. My grays are predominately on my crown which makes parting my hair impossible :sad6: about 3 weeks after color so pull my hair back for the next several weeks until I can’t stand it and have to color again. I’d like to minimize the damage I’m doing to my hair with the color and hoping a good routine before and after color will help.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

BeachCurlGurl

This is a good question. I hope you get some more responses. I'd like to know what other curlies do too.

I'm getting foil highlights in a few days. I did a Nexxus emergencee protein treatment and DT last week. I think I may do another DT tonight or tommorow because my hair seems to be craving moisture. Then I won't co-wash for 2-3 days before because I understand color takes better on 'dirty' hair.

Post color I will wait 2-3 days before co-washing. I will do my rinse out conditioner and a ACV rinse after to close up the cuticle.

My question is if doing a protein treatment post color, will it fade the color faster??:scratch:

GeorgeGlass

I don't do anything to prepare my hair, condition-wise. I'm a CG newb, but I low-poo and DT at least once a week, and when I colour I just colour and DT instead of low-poo. I'm red over a natural blonde base, and my hair grows fairly quickly, so three weeks after I colour I have this greenish 'shadow' of re-growth that I can't stand. My ends are also quite porous, so after three weeks the colour has usually faded a bit at the ends.

So my routine is every three weeks I use L'oreal Casting. I apply it using a brush on dry hair. I give my roots 20 minutes, then pull the rest through my ends for 3-5 minutes, then simply rinse out thoroughly and d/t. Hope this helps!

Boomygrrl

I'm not CG, so this may or may not help you.
I don't use a lot of cones, but I do use some and I'm not afraid of sulfates.

The day before dying my hair, I wash my hair with a clarifying shampoo and condition it with a cone-free conditioner. I don't use any styling products.

The day of dying, I just follow the box directions. I bought Feria conditioner at Sally's (it has amodimethicone) and I use it as my conditioner after I rinse out the dye.

I don't use any stylers nor wash my hair for the next two days. My hair doesn't hate amodimethicone and it doesn't need clarifying to wash out. So, two days later, I might CO wash or use a mild non-sulfate shampoo and style as usual. Then I just follow my regular hair routine after that point.

HTH

Boomygrrl